This is a drawing of a boat and three figures near a shoreline. The drawing presents a scene with a boat docked near a grassy area by the water. The boat is depicted with fine lines, focusing on its structure and the upright mast. One of the figures is near the boat, while another is on the shore reaching towards a smaller figure on the grass. The composition is rendered with soft pencil strokes.

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The Poor Fisherman (Le Pauvre pêcheur)

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French, 1824 - 1898)

Ambroise Vollard (French, 1866 - 1939)

printer Auguste Clot (French, 1858 - 1936)

1897

Medium: lithograph in purple on laid paper paper
Classification: Print
Dimensions: image: 41 x 52.5 cm (16 1/8 x 20 11/16 in.) ; sheet: 43.3 x 57 cm (17 1/16 x 22 7/16 in.)
Culture: French
Museum: National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line: Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection
Rights: Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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